CBC News opinion

Conservatives will say it shouldn't matter what leader Andrew Scheer's personal views are on issues such as same-sex marriage as long as he won't base policy on them. That is a nice, idealistic — and perhaps unrealistic — way of thinking about how elections are decided.

Justice Terry Clackson made unnecessary and arguably prejudiced remarks about the medical examiner who performed an autopsy on Ezekiel Stephan. That might explain why the judge rejected his findings.

The real key to unraveling the long protests lies in the question of whether the "one country two systems" can last until 2047, when the promise of 50 years without change reaches its end.